Series
Age of Exploration
C. J. Cherryh · 3 novels · 1982–1985
Three of C. J. Cherryh's standalone Alliance-Union universe novels from the early 1980s: Port Eternity and Voyager in Night both introduce new alien intelligences into that shared setting, with Voyager in Night notably borrowing from horror fiction, while Cuckoo's Egg follows a human raised from infancy by the Shonunin, an alien species, to serve as their ambassador to his own people. Each novel stands on its own, tied together by the wider Alliance-Union backdrop rather than shared characters or plot.
Summary by Loreful, from public sources
Reading order
The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
Map
Age of Exploration at the centre, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.
Stats
By decade
- 1980s3
Shape
Mood
Grim and intense: 67% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 46%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book3 of 3 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- Voyager in Nightdarkest · most intense
- Cuckoo's Eggbrightest · calmest